caktar

Albanian

Etymology

From cak (“limit, edge, border”) +‎ -tar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡saktˈaɾ]

Noun

caktár m (plural caktarë, definite caktari, definite plural caktarët)

  1. border guard, limits enforcer
    Synonyms: kufitar, limitues
  2. price maker
  3. (figurative) a man of his word

Declension

Declension of caktar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative caktar caktari caktarë caktarët
accusative caktarin
dative caktari caktarit caktarëve caktarëve
ablative caktarësh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cak”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 5

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “caktar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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